Dec. 23, 2013 in Sports
Pete Carroll caught the falling sky and put it back together Monday. Asked if his receivers were gaining enough separation, the Seattle Seahawks coach veered into a general summation instead …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports
John Roskelley of Spokane, one of the world’s premier mountaineers in the 1960s, ’70s and ‘80s, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Piolet d’Or in Chamonix, France, in …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Sports
Colorado State defensive line coach Greg Lupfer has been suspended without pay for two weeks for using a gay slur when yelling at Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday in the …

Dec. 23, 2013 in City
Spokane police on Friday arrested a man suspected in an Iowa kidnapping. George E. Rosenbaum, 34, was booked into Spokane County Jail on suspicion of kidnapping and robbery, a news …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World
WASHINGTON — Last summer, while Jake Sullivan was traveling with his boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he quietly disappeared during a stop in Paris. He showed up again a …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World
Two jailed members of the Russian punk bank Pussy Riot were released Monday following an amnesty law that both described as a Kremlin public relations stunt ahead of the Winter …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1
CHICAGO – As a key enrollment deadline hits today, many people without health insurance have been sizing up policies on the new government health care marketplace and making what seems …

Dec. 23, 2013 in City on Page A1
As she’s shopping for children’s books for the Christmas Bureau, Marilee Roloff hunts hard-to-find books that feature minority children. “We want to have books at the bureau that reflect the …

Dec. 23, 2013 in City on Page A1
An asphalt causeway in the middle of Country Homes Boulevard north of Five Mile Road is going to be removed and replaced in a major construction project next year. For …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2
NEW YORK – Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the billionaire businessman and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, which lobbied the Soviets to allow Jews to emigrate and helped spearhead …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3
Apple Inc. announced Sunday that it has finalized a deal to sell the iPhone through China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone carrier. The deal has been in the works …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3
KAMPALA, Uganda – South Sudan’s central government lost control of the capital of a key oil-producing state Sunday, the military said, as renegade forces loyal to a former deputy president …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Police charged the owners of a Bangladeshi garment factory and 11 employees with culpable homicide Sunday for alleged negligence leading to the death of 112 workers in …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3
WASHINGTON – The drive to end the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency is gaining strength, as Senate Democrats said Sunday that Congress will change the …

Dec. 23, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4
CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three prominent activists to three-year prison terms and heavy fines, in what was seen as the latest worrying sign of the military-backed …